We had another busy week at TalkAndroid so here’s a recap of all the top stories. The week started off with some of the best April Fools jokes Google has ever done. Then later in the week, Facebook and HTC made a splash with the HTC First and the Facebook Home launcher app that will be available for select Android phones. It’s time to get caught up and get ready for another exciting week.
Guides
What you need to know about the T-Mobile Simple Choice Plan
Five top live wallpapers for Android [April 2013]
Reviews
Strategy & Tactics: World War II [Arcade & Action]
Todoist: To Do List, Task List [Productivity]
Accessories
New and official Nexus 4 accessories hit the Google Play Store
Apps – New
Facebook announces ‘Facebook Home’ replacement launcher for Android [Video]
Facebook Home Not Launching With Ads, Will Eventually Come To Cover Feed
Facebook talks privacy concerning Facebook Home
Feedly Rolls Out New Mobile App, Adds Over 3 Million New Users
WWE Presents: Rockpocalypse now available in Google Play Store
3DMark comes to Android platform, now available in Google Play Store
3 Bonus Games Added to Humble Mobile Bundle
Rovio’s social-based Angry Birds Friends game officially on the way to mobile devices
New SphereShare.net app provides gallery for Photo Spheres
Apps – Updates
TuneIn Radio update brings new intuitive design to discover new music
Twitter Goes Holo in New Update
Flipboard gets minor update to support hover actions
Colourform (HDW theme pack) for HD Widgets officially out of Beta
iHeartRadio update adds “Perfect For” and alarm clock functions
Google TV Remote app now includes voice search
ES File Explorer Hits Build 3, Now Available for Testing Over at XDA
April Fools
The complete listing of Google’s April Fools Jokes for 2013
SwiftKey launches SwiftKey Tilt keyboard, just in time for April Fools
Carriers
AT&T Working on HD Voice capabilities for its customers due for arrival later this year
Are Verizon and AT&T Working on a Vodafone Buy Out Deal? Verizon Says No
AT&T Launches 4G LTE In 14 New Markets
AT&T Clarifies Galaxy S 4 Pricing
Verizon CEO Reportedly Open To Eliminating Contracts
HTC First to be an EE exclusive in the UK
U.S. Cellular launches unique program to let customers test network
Androidbooks, as in Android notebooks, could show up by Q3
Latest Android Distribution Reveals Gingerbread Down 4.4% and Jelly Bean Up 8.5%
Sources speculate as to why Android’s Rubin is starting new chapter
Google Glass
Rent Google Glass starting April 30th?
Watch the complete ‘Building New Experiences with Glass’ presentation from SXSW
Hardware
ARM Teams Up With TSMC To Create First 16nm Cortex-A57 Processor
Snapdragon powered devices to receive Facebook Home performance enhancements
Phones – HTC
The HTC First Is Real, Launches April 12 Running Facebook Home [Video]
Watch the Facebook Home announcement
RadioShack gets HTC One signs a bit early, shows Google Play credit offer
HTC One preorders to begin on AT&T this week, $249 for 32 GB variant
T-Mobile Offers Official HTC One Car Kit with Online Orders
AT&T to offer the HTC One smartphone April 19th, will start from $199.99
Add Sprint to list of carriers offering HTC One on April 19th
Chinese HTC One smartphone to feature dual-SIM support and microSD slot
HTC One Heading to Canada on Apr 19th and Australia on Apr 23rd
HTC One Developer Edition pre-orders now open
HTC to include “Live Experience Tour” in 11 cities for HTC One marketing campaign
Wirefly Offers Sprint HTC One Pre-Order for $150
HTC officially unveils its Desire P smartphone
HTC M4 Very Similar To HTC First, May Not Ship With Facebook Home
Phones – Lenovo
Lenovo IdeaPhone K900 barely beats out the Galaxy S 4 in benchmarks thanks to Intel CPU
Phones – LG
Verizon Offering Dual-Core LG Lucid 2 For Free Starting April 4
LG confirms Optimus G Pro sales have already topped the 500,000 unit mark
Phones – Samsung
Samsung Galaxy S 4 gets rooted… well the Exynos 5 Octa version at least
AT&T’s Galaxy S 4 hits the FCC
More details about Samsung’s Galaxy S 4 mini surfaces including a possible release this week
Samsung Fonblet now known as Galaxy Mega and will come in two sizes
Mid-range Samsung Galaxy Win leaked courtesy of Vietnamese retailer
Samsung working on new generation Galaxy Ace device
Samsung announces the stylish and compact Galaxy Star and Galaxy Pocket Neo
Samsung introduces the Galaxy Trend II and Galaxy Trend II Duos smartphones
Purple Galaxy S III to hit Sprint on April 12th, $99 with mail-in rebate
Samsung SPH-L500 cruises through FCC, headed to Sprint
Phones – Sony
One Sony Line Will Start With 20 Megapixel Cyber-shot Camera
Phones – Misc
5000mAh battery could be coming to Chinese smartphone
Tablets
Amazon’s Kindle Fire HD 8.9 coming to AT&T’s 4G network on April 5th
$79.99 7-inch tablet from Ematic hits the market, powered by Android 4.1
Updated Nexus 7 with Qualcomm Snapdragon and better display coming in July
Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 now on sale in the U.K.
Official Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 Accessories Now Available for Pre-Order from GearZap
Updates
Want to know if your HTC phone will get Sense 5 with Android 4.2.2? Here’s the latest list
LG Optimus G on AT&T beginning to receive Jelly Bean update
ASUS Transformer Pad Infinity to receive Android 4.2 Jelly Bean update
Austrian Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus beginning to receive Android 4.1.2 update
Galaxy Axiom on US Cellular receiving OTA Jelly Bean update
Miscellaneous
Android takes early lead in 2013 for U.S. smartphone sales
Man Behind HTC One Camera Talks More About The UltraPixel
Samsung sets new goal: 500 million handsets in 2013
Samsung And Mozilla Working On Browser Engine With Multi-Core Support
Samsung Experience Shops coming to 1400 Best Buy Stores
WiFi-only Samsung Galaxy Camera on the way to US stores and will arrive “later this month”
German court invalidates Apple’s slide-to-unlock patent in patent suit with Motorola
Samsung Infringes Key Portion of Apple Patent
Latest comScore report shows Android market share continues to shrink in the U.S.
Samsung Electronics Grows Profit By 53%, Fifth Record-Breaking Quarter In A Row
OUYA to Launch in 59 Days, Brings with it Software and Hardware Improvements
Come comment on this article: TalkAndroid Weekly Recap for April 1 – April 7, 2013